Thirty five year old Bulgarian athlete Ivet Lalova-Collio was voted Bulgaria’s athlete of 2019 in the traditional survey of Atletika magazine. This is Lalova’s fifth recognition. She was also voted Bulgaria’s athlete of 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2012. Ivet Lalova earned this year’s recognition due to her successful summer season when she covered the 100 and 200 meter qualifying standards for the Olympic Games in Tokyo next year. In 2020 Lalova will participate at her fifth Summer Olympics. This year she also won victories at 100m and 200m at the European Athletics Team Championships in Varazdin (Croatia) and the Pravets Balkan Athletics Championships. Ivet Lalova also performed successfully at tournaments of the Diamond League. She won several victories for her Turkish club team Enka.
Stiliana Nikolova has won the all-around silver medal at the 2025 European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in the Estonian capital Tallinn, BTA reported. Taisiia Onofriichuk from Ukraine became champion. The bronze medal..
The Bulgarian national football team drew 2–2 with Cyprus at Hristo Botev Stadium in Plovdiv in their penultimate friendly match before the start of the World Cup qualifiers. Bulgaria twice took the lead through Aleksandar Kolev but was unable to..
The Bulgarian women's national volleyball team claimed its first victory in the Nations Volleyball League 2025. Bulgaria defeated the Dominican Republic 3:1 (25:21, 30:32, 25:19, 31:29) in their second match of Group 1, played in Ottawa (Canada)...
The draw for the FIDE Women’s World Cup, which begins on July 5 in Batumi (Georgia), has been finalized. Among the 107 competitors are three..
Bulgaria topped the medal standings at the 3rd FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior World Championships in Sofia. The team won a total of..
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